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Triana

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Mon Sep 30, 2013, 10:15 PM Sep 2013

Student Cited By Ted Cruz As Proof Of Obama's Failure Is Actually Grateful For Obamacare

During his 21-hour talkfest on the Senate floor earlier this week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) went through a litany of examples that he said highlighted the abject failures of President Barack Obama's policies.

One of them involved the case of John Connelly, a Rutgers student who found himself in debt, without a permanent job, and forced to sleep on his friend's couch. His story was one that was all too common in the age of Obama, Cruz concluded.

Well, it turns out that Connelly isn't the biggest fan of Cruz. What's more, he is actually a beneficiary of the very health care law that Cruz was protesting during his speech. And in an appearance on MSNBC Friday morning, Connelly explained just how ironic it was that the senator would use his story to bludgeon the president and the Affordable Care Act.

"A friend of mine called me the next morning as I was on the way to an optometrist appointment .... [and said], 'While Ted Cruz was talking about why the ACA's bad, he mentioned your name.' And I said, 'Well, that's funny. I'm heading to an appointment I can only go to because of Obamacare.'"


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/ted-cruz-filibuster_n_4003947.html
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Student Cited By Ted Cruz As Proof Of Obama's Failure Is Actually Grateful For Obamacare (Original Post) Triana Sep 2013 OP
Cruz: what a fucking ignorant dumb ass. gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1
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